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Core Purpose

Amends the Refrigerating Appliances (Quality Control) Order, 2020, by introducing exemptions for import of components for export and for research and development purposes.

Detailed Summary

This order, issued by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, is the Refrigerating Appliances (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2025. It amends the Refrigerating Appliances (Quality Control) Order, 2020 by adding two provisos to paragraph 2. The first proviso exempts import of components of refrigerating appliances for export purposes by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certified manufacturers or those who have applied for certification, provided they submit a self-declaration to the Central Government, maintain records, and ensure components are not for domestic use. The second proviso exempts import of up to 200 units annually for research and development by certified manufacturers or applicants, under conditions of no commercial sale, disposal as scrap, record keeping, and presentation to the Central Government.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-23012025-260396 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 355] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2025/MAGHA 1, 1946 MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) ORDER New Delhi, the 16th January, 2025 S.O. 358(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016), the Central Government, after consulting the Bureau of Indian Standards, is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do in the public interest, hereby makes the following Order further to amend the Refrigerating Appliances (Quality Control) Order, 2020, namely: - 1. (1) This Order may be called the Refrigerating Appliances (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2025. (2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Refrigerating Appliances (Quality Control) Order, 2020, in paragraph 2, after the proviso, the following provisos shall be inserted, namely:- “Provided further that nothing in this Order shall apply to imports of components of refrigerating appliances by a manufacturer of goods and article certified by the Bureau or manufacturer who has applied to the Bureau for certification for the relevant goods and articles, for exports subject to the condition that the manufacturer furnishes a self-declaration in this regard in its letter-head signed by its authorised signatory to the Central Government mentioning the invoice number and other relevant details of the import consignment and an undertaking that the components so imported shall not be put to any other use or sold in the domestic market and the manufacturer shall maintain the record of such goods and articles imported and its product for verification or audit by the Government authorities concerned: Provided also that nothing in this Order shall apply for two hundred numbers of goods or articles imported per year for the purpose of research and development by a manufacturer of refrigerating appliances certified by the Bureau or a manufacturer who has applied to the Bureau for certification for the relevant goods and articles, subject to the condition that such imported goods and articles shall not be sold commercially and can be disposed of as a scrap and the manufacturer shall maintain a year-wise record of such goods or articles and furnish to the Central Government". [F. No. P-29026/3/2019-LEI] SANJIV, Jt. Secy. Note.- The principal Order was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub- section (ii) vide notification number S.O. 4489(E), dated the 10th December, 2020 and amended vide notification number S.O. 5339 (E), dated the 22nd December, 2021 and notification number S.O. 5850 (Ε), dated the 14th December, 2022.

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